Paul Carroll
@pbc43.bsky.social
EIC of ITL, Pulitzer Prize finalist at WSJ, finalist for National Magazine award, best-selling author of numerous business books, co-founder of the Future Histories Group, proud girl dad
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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It was probably difficult to foresee that Trump would put the Kennedy Center out of business.
February 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
It was probably difficult to foresee that Trump would put the Kennedy Center out of business.
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
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Or how about this headline — “American citizen arrested without cause after exercising his Constitutional rights.” Very important that government propaganda not become the default framing.
Don Lemon has been taken into custody after anti-ICE confrontation in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month. https://cnn.it/4roAO6t
January 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Or how about this headline — “American citizen arrested without cause after exercising his Constitutional rights.” Very important that government propaganda not become the default framing.
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A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
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"unnerving"
"fruitless exercise"
"the craziest thing I've heard"
NYT obtained transcripts of secret grand jury testimony from the Georgia election interference case against Trump and his allies — show just how alarmed senior Republicans felt about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
"fruitless exercise"
"the craziest thing I've heard"
NYT obtained transcripts of secret grand jury testimony from the Georgia election interference case against Trump and his allies — show just how alarmed senior Republicans felt about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"unnerving"
"fruitless exercise"
"the craziest thing I've heard"
NYT obtained transcripts of secret grand jury testimony from the Georgia election interference case against Trump and his allies — show just how alarmed senior Republicans felt about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
"fruitless exercise"
"the craziest thing I've heard"
NYT obtained transcripts of secret grand jury testimony from the Georgia election interference case against Trump and his allies — show just how alarmed senior Republicans felt about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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🤡BEYOND PARODY
SEN. MULLIN: “I support removing 🇮🇷 ‘s regime.”
COLLINS: “You’re ok taking out the Iranian regime?”
MULLIN: “I am.”
*seconds later*
MULLIN: “We’re not into regime change.”
COLLINS: “But you just said you are.”
MULLIN: “Yeah, Absolutely.”
Bro whut🤦🏻♂️
SEN. MULLIN: “I support removing 🇮🇷 ‘s regime.”
COLLINS: “You’re ok taking out the Iranian regime?”
MULLIN: “I am.”
*seconds later*
MULLIN: “We’re not into regime change.”
COLLINS: “But you just said you are.”
MULLIN: “Yeah, Absolutely.”
Bro whut🤦🏻♂️
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
🤡BEYOND PARODY
SEN. MULLIN: “I support removing 🇮🇷 ‘s regime.”
COLLINS: “You’re ok taking out the Iranian regime?”
MULLIN: “I am.”
*seconds later*
MULLIN: “We’re not into regime change.”
COLLINS: “But you just said you are.”
MULLIN: “Yeah, Absolutely.”
Bro whut🤦🏻♂️
SEN. MULLIN: “I support removing 🇮🇷 ‘s regime.”
COLLINS: “You’re ok taking out the Iranian regime?”
MULLIN: “I am.”
*seconds later*
MULLIN: “We’re not into regime change.”
COLLINS: “But you just said you are.”
MULLIN: “Yeah, Absolutely.”
Bro whut🤦🏻♂️
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“To settle this, it would be great if the White House would release the case files and any FBI recordings of Tom Homan’s meetings with undercover agents posing as businessmen...”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
White House’s Homan deflects when pressed on Cava bag controversy
The FBI recorded Homan allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover operation. Questions for the border czar haven’t gone away.
www.ms.now
January 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
“To settle this, it would be great if the White House would release the case files and any FBI recordings of Tom Homan’s meetings with undercover agents posing as businessmen...”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Lesson #124,237 in how people don’t understand statistics. Yes, it’s hard for one of two relatively evenly matched teams to win twice in a season. Win once, that’s a coin flip. To win twice, that’s getting two coin flips in a row. BUT THE FIRST FLIP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SECOND.
Really hard to beat a team twice in one season
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Lesson #124,237 in how people don’t understand statistics. Yes, it’s hard for one of two relatively evenly matched teams to win twice in a season. Win once, that’s a coin flip. To win twice, that’s getting two coin flips in a row. BUT THE FIRST FLIP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SECOND.
‘Florida man’ is a meme insult.
I’m so confused.
I’m so confused.
Here's the clip of Tony Dokoupil ending tonight's broadcast by absolutely gushing over "ultimate Florida Man" Marco Rubio.
January 7, 2026 at 1:27 AM
‘Florida man’ is a meme insult.
I’m so confused.
I’m so confused.
Beyond gross.
And stupid — a ‘Florida man’ is in headlines for doing something criminal or dumb. You’re saluting Rubio as ‘the ultimate Florida man?’
And stupid — a ‘Florida man’ is in headlines for doing something criminal or dumb. You’re saluting Rubio as ‘the ultimate Florida man?’
Here's the clip of Tony Dokoupil ending tonight's broadcast by absolutely gushing over "ultimate Florida Man" Marco Rubio.
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Beyond gross.
And stupid — a ‘Florida man’ is in headlines for doing something criminal or dumb. You’re saluting Rubio as ‘the ultimate Florida man?’
And stupid — a ‘Florida man’ is in headlines for doing something criminal or dumb. You’re saluting Rubio as ‘the ultimate Florida man?’
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These people are so far removed from ethics and professionalism that they don’t even know when they are revealing how unethical and unprofessional they truly are.
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
These people are so far removed from ethics and professionalism that they don’t even know when they are revealing how unethical and unprofessional they truly are.
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Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Republicans confirm scandal-plagued former congressman to serve as an inspector general
Anthony D’Esposito will be expected to investigate ethical lapses, despite his own alleged ethical lapses.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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At this point I know there's nothing that's going to change anyone's mind one way or another but this NYT report is deeply sourced and leaves no doubt that Trump and Epstein were BFFs for many years www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
At this point I know there's nothing that's going to change anyone's mind one way or another but this NYT report is deeply sourced and leaves no doubt that Trump and Epstein were BFFs for many years www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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Fantastic piece.
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Fantastic piece.
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Isn’t the Brown University mass shooter STILL AT LARGE? Wth?
While the Brown University shooting investigation remains underway, the FBI Director seemingly found time to talk about his love life.
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Isn’t the Brown University mass shooter STILL AT LARGE? Wth?
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The editor-at-large of Christianity Today magazine on Monday sharply condemned Donald Trump’s deranged post about the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.
Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.”
newrepublic.com/post/204457/...
Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.”
newrepublic.com/post/204457/...
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The editor-at-large of Christianity Today magazine on Monday sharply condemned Donald Trump’s deranged post about the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.
Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.”
newrepublic.com/post/204457/...
Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.”
newrepublic.com/post/204457/...
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"disparage the political views"
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"disparage the political views"
False advertising
Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
False advertising
So, on top of everything else, Epstein was guilty of false advertising.
I could have gone my entire life without seeing a Trump-branded condom, but here we are.
Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So, on top of everything else, Epstein was guilty of false advertising.
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I could have gone my entire life without seeing a Trump-branded condom, but here we are.
Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I could have gone my entire life without seeing a Trump-branded condom, but here we are.
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Is someone going to ask Trump and/or Karoline Leavitt about the Trump condoms.
Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Is someone going to ask Trump and/or Karoline Leavitt about the Trump condoms.
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Stephen Miller said that the children of immigrants fail society.
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Stephen Miller said that the children of immigrants fail society.
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
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Abrego Garcia is not a "proven human trafficker." He has merely been *accused by the government* of being one. That's not the same thing. And if Leavitt is so certain of these charges, why is the administration attempting to deport him to Africa to avoid trying him in a US court?
Q: Does the White House have a response to a judge ordering the immediate release of Kilmar Ábrego García from ICE detention? Will you appeal?
LEAVITT: Absolutely. The White House opposes this activism from a judge. He is a proven human trafficker
LEAVITT: Absolutely. The White House opposes this activism from a judge. He is a proven human trafficker
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Abrego Garcia is not a "proven human trafficker." He has merely been *accused by the government* of being one. That's not the same thing. And if Leavitt is so certain of these charges, why is the administration attempting to deport him to Africa to avoid trying him in a US court?
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it's fake investment numbers time at the White House
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
it's fake investment numbers time at the White House